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Water is thicker than blood is a book with dozens of stories in it, each one related at some point. It has 49 chapters, that are enough to ignite a fire of pain, emotions and heart break. Not only that, it also depicts that blood is not always thick when it comes to greed, self-interest and money. It is plotted and drawn into figure by Saundra Terrell.Anyone who ever says blood is thicker than water didn’t have my kind of water in their life.
Johnny Mae lives with her grandmother Martha, after the death of her mother while giving birth to her Little Charlie. Her father, Charlie, has lost into darkness after her mother's death. He doesn't care about his children and is usually away for work. Johnny's brother is being raised by her Uncle Kent and his wife. She always has an interest in sewing that her grandma teaches her. Years pass, Charlie brings a new wife, Pearl, to his home and it is revealed that he just married her because he thought of her as a golden ticket. Pearl leaves him at the very moment but still stays at Charlie's family house. Charlie, as usual, leaves for another golden ticket. Series of events lead Pearl to think of Johnny as her own child and takes care of her after Martha dies. Soon , Pearl's niece, Pearlie's responsibilty is also on Pearl. But that doesn't bother her. She loves both of them and they love her back more. In this journey, the previous life histories of Martha, Charlie, Pearl and other characters are also shown.To know about each story, what happens to all these characters and where their fate takes them, you have to grab your own copy of Water is thicker than blood.
The book is all centered on the colored victims of the. slavery curse, before and after that curse was abolished. In what an inhumane manner the colored people were treated even after when the slavery was banned. It also depicts the hatred that was always there between the white and the black people, and how that hatred costed many lives and fates. What I admired the most was that, in that circus of hatred and killings, there were people who kept their hearts above hatred and opened their doors for the opposite colored people. Like Martha's father invited Luke, who was white coloured but still a Negro, and also gave him a job. Then, there was Doctor Hooper, who was a white man, but he helped Negro patients. That is very admiring.
Moreover, it displayed the true meaning of forgiveness and love. Pearl went through so much of the bad stuff, but even then, she forgave everyone who asked for forgiveness. She didn't stop loving her sister when she had betrayed her and had chosen to run away twice. Furthermore, you come to realize that it is never too late to ask for forgivesness and change even if you are living your last breaths. Louise changed even when her bones had weakened due to her age. Pearl's dad changed when Pearl's mother forgave him. I loved all the positive vibs that were being radiated from the novel.
What took over my mind was that blood is not always thicker when a person drowns intodarkness. Darkness doesn't let him see the blood relations. The novel showed characters that were perfect examples of that like Charlie and Louise. Then, there were those who cared for each other despite different bloods in their veins. How Pearl raised Johnny Mae and Pearlie like her own daughters, would be the perfect example of that.
Well,the novel lost its flavor a little bit when it came to grammatical errors. It had a few errors. Not much, but it had, which made it poor to read to some extent.
Overall, the plot was admirable and it was clear that a lot of hardwork was done on it. I mean that there was a different story behind each and every character that was introduced.I would rate it 3 out of 4 as the grammatical errors don't allow me to rate it more than that. Besides that, everything else deserved an applause. I would recommend it to everyone as I think it is not only for a fraction of audience, but for everyone with a heart to understand the story and feel that love, pain and loss.
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Water Thicker Than Blood by Saundra Terrell
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